SMTP Support

SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) services are provided with all
myhosting.com hosting plans*. This service allows you to send email
using your own SMTP server located at myhosting.com using port 25.

NOTE: This service is available for all accounts, excluding domain parking and domain forwarding service plans.

Alternate SMTP Port

If your ISP has blocked port 25 and you need to use an alternative
port we suggest that you setup your email program to use the SSL
settings instead. You can find more setup instructions at SSL Email Settings

Problems Sending using SMTP

In order to try and combat SPAM, many ISPs have chosen to block the
usage of 3rd party SMTP Services, such as the SMTP service offered by
myhosting.com. Most SMTP Services, or Outgoing Mail services use "port
25" to transmit your email message. In such cases, your Internet Service
Provider may only allow access via port 25 using their own service. To
confirm if your ISP is blocking port 25, please contact them directly
for more information.

Here is a partial list of some ISPs which are known to block port 25:

AT&T

BellSouth

CableOne

Charter

Comcast ATTBI

Cox

Earthlink

Flashne

MediaOne

Mindspring

MSN

NetZero

Rogers

People PC

Sprynet

Sympatico

Verio

Verizon

To test if your ISP is blocking port 25, Windows users can conduct the following quick test:

If port 25 is not blocked, you should expect to see a response
starting with "220...". If your ISP blocks port 25 you will not see this
message and the connection to the mail server will not be successful.

If you are getting an error message stating the following:

The message could not be sent because one of the recipients was rejected by the server. The rejected e-mail address was 'email@email.com'. Subject 'test', Account: 'any account', Server:'mail.yourdomain.com', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '550 not local host 'todomain.com', not a gateway', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC79